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China launches new internet satellite group

Xinhua
| November 9, 2026
2026-11-09

China launched a Long March-12 carrier rocket from the southern island province of Hainan on Monday, sending a batch of internet satellites into space.

The rocket lifted off at 4:24 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. The payloads, the 29th group of low-orbit internet satellites, entered the designated orbit. 

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